2008 Library News & Events
[5/9/2008]You are invited to an ice cream social celebrating the retirement of Phyllis Johnson, University librarian, on Thursday, May 22, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Library Reading Room.
[5/1/2008]"The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means" by George Soros is May NetLibrary eBook of the Month.
E-books [4/24/2008]Come study with us! The Van Pelt/Opie Library will be extending its hours this Friday and Saturday (April 25th and 26th.) Circulation,
Course Reserves, all collections and the group study rooms will be available until Midnight. Reservations for group study rooms are recommended and no renewals are allowed. For additional information on library hours for break week and summer terms, click on "Library Hours".
Library Hours [4/24/2008]Leaving for the summer? Don't forget to return your library books before you go! Library materials may be returned at the Circulation
desk in the Van Pelt/Opie Library during regular hours or at any library book return. Book returns are available at the following campus
locations: Memorial Union Building, Walker Arts and Humanities Center, R.L. Smith Building (ME-EM) and the Van Pelt/Opie Library. Please
return Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad/MeLCat) items to the Circulation desk only - do not put in book drops.
[4/8/2008]The life and work of architects in the Copper Country is the topic of a new web site to be unveiled at a public event Monday, April 14, at 7:00pm in room 139 of Fisher Hall on the Michigan Tech campus in Houghton. Kim Hoagland, Professor of History and Historic Preservation in the MTU Social Sciences Department, will provide an illustrated presentation on research examining more than two dozen architects who have been active in the Keweenaw. The event is free and open to the public as part of the Archival Speakers series sponsored by the MTU Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.
[3/17/08]Do you need more room on your shelves? Is your office/dorm room closing in on you? Is it time for some early spring cleaning? Donate your books to the FVPL Book Sale, taking place on April 4, 2008, from 10 AM to 4:30 PM in the MUB Ballroom.
Friends of the Library [3/12/08]The MTU Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections announce the 2008 Research Travel Awards, making a total of twenty researchers that have been funded through the program since its start a decade ago. This year's winners will use Archives collections in innovative ways. Projects include online ethnographic resources, a historical documentary, and research of Native American mining sites. The Grant is funded by the Friends of the Van Pelt Library.
This year, researchers will make use of the Archives collections in some innovative ways. Filmmaker Thomas Beach plans a 90-minute video documentary of the 1913 copper miners strike. Michelle Hamilton, University of Guelph, will research Native American mines and early mineral exploration by white settlers. A team of genealogical researchers, Cecile Jensen, Michigan Polonia, and Brother Joseph Martin, Lewis University, will enrich online resources with material on the early Polish immigrant community in Calumet.
The Friends of the Van Pelt Library provides financial sponsorship for the Michigan Tech Archives Travel Award program and makes it possible for researchers from outside the area to explore the unique Archives' unique collections. For further information about the award program or the collections at the MTU Archives, call 487-2505. Research Travel Grants Program [3/3/08]"From the Primaries to the Polls:How to Repair America's Broken Presidential Nomination Process" is selected as NetLibrary eBook of the month.
America's presidential nominating process is inherently unfair and exclusive, yielding undue weight and privilege to the states that vote in the earliest rounds. More and more states are beating down the door to vote earlier, trying to redress the inequity on a state-by-state basis. In the ensuing free-for-all, the presidential primary schedule has become so front-loaded that the anointed "front-runner" with the biggest war chest in each of the major parties is the de facto nominee. From the Primaries to the Polls describes the problem and proposes the solution.
E-books [2/27/08]The MeLCat server will be down on Wednesday, February, 27. The system will likely be unavailable ALL DAY. The downtime is to allow for the newest release of the MeLCat software and testing. We are sorry for any inconvenience that this may cause.
MeLCat and Other Catalogs E-Resources [2/1/08]ALL-NIGHTER NEWS: The Van Pelt/Opie Library, including the 24/7 space, will close at 9:00PM on Wednesday, February 6, 2008. The library will resume regular hours at 7:45AM on Thursday, February 7, 2008. Be safe and enjoy the Winter Carnival festivities!
Library Hours Exceptions [2/1/08]Now in its second edition, NetLibrary eBook of the month "Science and Technology in World History" from Johns Hopkins University Press may be the single most influential study of the historical relationship between science and technology ever published.
The new edition reorganizes its treatment of Greek science and significantly expands its coverage of industrial civilization and contemporary science and technology with new and revised chapters devoted to applied science, the sociology and economics of science, globalization, and the technological systems that underpin everyday life.
E-books [1/28/08]MelCat service will be unavailable on Wednesday, January 30, 2008, due to a software upgrade and testing. Service should be restored Thursday, January 31, 2008. Please contact the Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery office with any questions.
MeLCat and Other Catalogs Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery office [1/24/08]During the Spring 2008 semester the Van Pelt/Opie Library is conducting an on-campus document delivery pilot project for MTU faculty, staff and graduate students.
The service includes campus mail delivery of most circulating material in the JRVP Library. Electronic delivery of journal articles and conference papers from JRVP owned journals and proceedings will also be available. The service is free of charge. More detail >>
Requests will be accepted through ILLiad. A campus mail address is required for delivery of loan items. Please contact the Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Department for questions about the project at ill@mtu.edu Library Services > Borrower Services > On-campus Document Delivery Service ILLiad [1/14/08]Need help locating volumes in the U.S. Congressional Serial Set? Wonder what the Serial Set is? Check out our new Serial Set web page which provides a volume level inventory of Serial Set holdings in our library as well as pointers to resources for locating specific Serial Set content.
New Serial Set Web page available [1/11/08]U.S. and Michigan tax forms for 2007 are now available online. Easy access to the forms is available through our Government Documents web site.
Library Government Documents web site [1/3/08]Archives Websites Receive Award of Merit. Two online tools developed by the Michigan Tech Archives and the Van Pelt/Opie Library were recently accorded honors by the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH). The organization's Leadership in History awards committee presented a 2007 Award of Merit to the archives for its Interior Ellis Island and Keweenaw Digital Archives web projects.
Developed with grant support from the Michigan Humanities Council, the sites provide remote access to rare historical resources that explore the rich ethnic and cultural history of the Copper Country. The Interior Ellis Island site includes content examining local regional ethnic history, while the Keweenaw Digital Archives provides access to more than 3,000 historical photographs from the archives collections.
Historians and the general public often underestimate the importance of Upper Peninsula mining industries in the state's development, said Marcus Robyns, university archivist at Northern Michigan University, in his nomination letter for the award. Much of the best historical resource material on this aspect of state history is held by smaller organizations and institutions in this geographically remote area of the state. The AASLH awards committee commended the project for its publicly accessible web resources and was particularly impressed by the way that the sites encourage users to investigate and learn about the region's rich culture and history. The AASLH Leadership in History Award, now in its 62nd year, is the most prestigious competition of achievement in the preservation and interpretation of state and local history. The Interior Ellis Island Site The Keweenaw Digital Archives Site [1/2/08]A bestselling author and business guru Patrick Lencioni tells how to improve your job satisfaction and performance. Check out 2008 January NetLibrary eBook of the Month, "The Three Signs of a Miserable Job: A Fable for Managers (And Their Employees)" from John Wiley and Sons.
It is a simple fact of business life that any job, from investment banker to dishwasher, can become miserable. Through the story of a CEO turned pizzeria manager, Lencioni reveals the three elements that make work miserable -- irrelevance, immeasurability, and anonymity -- and gives managers and their employees the keys to make any job more fulfilling.
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